About Us

ZZ Diesel Shop at Night

OUR STORY STARTS WITH JACOB ZODY, CEO OF ZZ DIESEL

Farm

2012

Jacob graduated from Nashville Auto Diesel College in the spring of 2012 with a Technical Degree in Automotive and Diesel Technology.

ZZ Diesel was established in the fall of 2012 at the Zody family farm shop concurrently with Jacob's academic pursuits at Purdue University. Jacob began to work on vehicles along with the help from other classmates/friends while he was attending school.

Truck pull

2013

In 2013 ZZ Diesel hosted its first Truck Pulling Showdown in Converse, Indiana. This event would run until 2017. The company continued to grow and expand within the farm shop adding more employees and shipping products to customers nationwide.

Web

2015-2016

ZZ Diesel began developing a web site in the spring of 2015

Jacob graduated from Purdue in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business Management as well as a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Team

2017-2019

January 2017 ZZ Diesel purchased property on State Road 18 to eventually develop and build a new facility.

Major website development begins in 2019 including bringing aboard on-site website developers as well as part time employees for shipping.

Building

2021-2023

Spring of 2021 ZZ Diesel breaks ground on new property on State Road 18 north of Kokomo, IN.

Spring of 2022 ZZ Diesel moved into the new 30,000 SQ FT  modern facility which includes a new shipping and warehouse area, customer support office, and larger service center.

Summer of 2022 ZZ Diesel acquired its first CNC Mill to expand their development and product offerings.

Fall of 2023 ZZ Diesel acquired its first CNC Lathe expanding manufacturing.

OUR MISSION

To provide our customers with the best in parts quality, diesel performance, and service.

ZZ DIESEL IS COMMITTED TO:

Leadership

LEADERSHIP

We put great trust in our employees to be leaders in their department and our industry. We value each of our employees and believe in them to make the right business decisions in our ever changing market.

Communication

COMMUNICATION

Because our company relies so much on teamwork, communication is of the utmost importance. Communication allows the ideas of our team to flow freely and faster allowing us to better adapt to our ever changing market.

Teamwork

TEAMWORK

The strength of our company is not each individual employee and department, but rather their combined efforts. Through each department working together our company will be able to meet our vision not only quicker, but more effectively as well.